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Spirituality and transformative learning in health context.

Spiritual dimension of adult learning is beginning to enter the domain of research but is not very visible in the literature yet. Attending to the spiritual dimension of adult learning has been suggested as part of respecting the learner as the author of her/his own life in the quest for meaning....

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Main Authors: Ahmad, Farizah, Muhamad, Mazanah, Idris, Khairuddin, Abdullah, Amini Amir, Hashim, Zailina
Format: Conference or Workshop Item
Language:English
English
Published: 2007
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/18723/1/ID%2018723.pdf
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spelling my.upm.eprints.187232013-11-07T07:27:22Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/18723/ Spirituality and transformative learning in health context. Ahmad, Farizah Muhamad, Mazanah Idris, Khairuddin Abdullah, Amini Amir Hashim, Zailina Spiritual dimension of adult learning is beginning to enter the domain of research but is not very visible in the literature yet. Attending to the spiritual dimension of adult learning has been suggested as part of respecting the learner as the author of her/his own life in the quest for meaning. In the health context, spirituality is increasingly recognized as an important resource for patients learning to live with challenges of life-threatening illness such as breast cancer. The learning experience is also often transformational. This literature review seeks to explicate the concept of spirituality and transformative learning in the health context. The purpose is to provide understanding the importance of spirituality and spiritual learning processes in the lives of breast cancer survivors. The focus,here is also to provide an awareness of Islamic perspectives of spirituality and transformative learning. The literature suggests that cancer survivors' experiences with cancer and their learning processes must be understood within the appropriate cultural context. This is especially so for spirituality. The common emphasis of spirituality on relationship to God, self and to others, may significantly influence how people learn living with cancer. 2007-05 Conference or Workshop Item NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/18723/1/ID%2018723.pdf Ahmad, Farizah and Muhamad, Mazanah and Idris, Khairuddin and Abdullah, Amini Amir and Hashim, Zailina (2007) Spirituality and transformative learning in health context. In: Seminar Kebangsaan Sains Sosial : Sains Sosial Teras Pembangunan Modal, 20-21 Mei 2007, Kuala Lumpur. (pp. 34-42). (Unpublished) English
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description Spiritual dimension of adult learning is beginning to enter the domain of research but is not very visible in the literature yet. Attending to the spiritual dimension of adult learning has been suggested as part of respecting the learner as the author of her/his own life in the quest for meaning. In the health context, spirituality is increasingly recognized as an important resource for patients learning to live with challenges of life-threatening illness such as breast cancer. The learning experience is also often transformational. This literature review seeks to explicate the concept of spirituality and transformative learning in the health context. The purpose is to provide understanding the importance of spirituality and spiritual learning processes in the lives of breast cancer survivors. The focus,here is also to provide an awareness of Islamic perspectives of spirituality and transformative learning. The literature suggests that cancer survivors' experiences with cancer and their learning processes must be understood within the appropriate cultural context. This is especially so for spirituality. The common emphasis of spirituality on relationship to God, self and to others, may significantly influence how people learn living with cancer.
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author Ahmad, Farizah
Muhamad, Mazanah
Idris, Khairuddin
Abdullah, Amini Amir
Hashim, Zailina
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Muhamad, Mazanah
Idris, Khairuddin
Abdullah, Amini Amir
Hashim, Zailina
Spirituality and transformative learning in health context.
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Muhamad, Mazanah
Idris, Khairuddin
Abdullah, Amini Amir
Hashim, Zailina
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title Spirituality and transformative learning in health context.
title_short Spirituality and transformative learning in health context.
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